WA farmworkers say they are working fewer hours. There's disagreement as to why - Yakima Herald-Republic
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A majority of Washington farmworkers surveyed for a study said that they are working fewer hours and hold a negative view of a recent state law that gave overtime protections to agricultural workers. "I used to work more than 50 hours per week; now I work 37 hours a week," one respondent wrote. The Center for Latino Leadership, a nonprofit advocacy group, sponsored the survey implementation while Washington State University's Social and Economic Sciences managed the questionnaire and data collection, said Ruby Chen, WSU project manager. "What workers said about their paychecks, families, and possible solutions deserves attention," said Maia Espinoza, Center for Latino Leadership founder and executive director, in news a release. Some of the solutions named by farmworkers included raising the threshold before overtime kicks in or allowing for a window of flexibility during peak seasons. Historically, agricultural workers were exempted from many New Deal-era worker protection policies like the right to collective bargaining and overtime protection.
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